AN: Here it is folks the sequel!

Sokovia, Eastern Europe

Automatic gunfire and booming explosions sounded everywhere in the snowy mountains of Sovokia. The forest was like a winter wonderland with snow everywhere and ice hanging off the tree. I would of liked the sight, but I couldn't at the moment. My hair blew in the wind while Natasha drove a heavily armored jeep into the enemy lines while Clint was standing in the back shooting his bow and arrows and I was riding shotgun shooting my own gun. One HYDRA solider came flying at Natasha, but using her reflexes she easily kicked them away.

Baron Von Strucker's HYDRA soldiers ran around firing and attacking us, we had received intel that the Sokovian HYDRA base was holding Loki's scepter. We're attempting to infiltrate the base, but Baron Von Strucker, the man in charge, had gone to great lengths to protect it. We were attacking from every direction, Thor was flying, kicking, punching and hitting soldiers with his hammer. Steve was on his motorcycle hitting any soldiers that got in his way. Hulk, well, smashed. A roar shook the trees, making me shiver. The Hulk had obviously found a toy.

I looked up to see Tony above us shooting a car that was coming towards us. The Hulk soon caught the car and threw it towards other HYDRA Soldier's roaring loudly through the forest. Clint, Natasha, and I jumped off the jeep as we approached a blockade just as the rest of the team jumped over the blockade aiming our strengths towards the HYDRA soldiers.

Thor slammed his hammer on the ground and lighting bolts erupted taking out multiple guards. I holstered my gun and pulled my batons off my back, I twirled them in my hands as Tony flew to the castle, flying and shooting from above trying to find a way into the base. He attempted to land on the building, but was deflected off of it by some sort of shield.

"Shit!" Tony exclaimed, through the comm link.

I charged at a HYDRA soldier and he attempted to block my attacks, ducking, bobbing, jumping, twirling and weaving away from my weapons. He ducked under a baton only to catch a powerful kick in the chest, knocking the air from his lungs, and I sent my other baton across his face knocking him out. Nearby, I heard a sizzle and a crack and knew Natasha had just taken another unsuspecting soul out with her wrist mounted Widow's Bites.

"Language!" Steve reprimanded, and I let out a laugh. "Jarvis, what's the view from upstairs?" He asked the AI.

I took down another small group of men coming my way. Grabbing the barrel of one mans gun, I kicked him in his head and connected my batons into a staff knocking down the remaining soldiers.

"The central building is protected by some kind of energy shield. Strucker's technology is well beyond any other HYDRA base we've taken," Jarvis answered.

"Loki's scepter must be here, Strucker couldn't mount this defense without it. At long last," Thor answered as he fought.

I ran over to Clint as Natasha threw a grenade following it up by shooting a solider. "At long last is lasting a little long boys,"

"And girl," I reminded, hiding behind a tree next to Clint.

"Yeah, I think we lost the element of surprise," Clint agreed and shot an arrow.

"Umm, I don't think we ever had it," I quipped, aiming and firing my gun at HYDRA soldiers.

"Wait a second. No one else is gonna deal with the fact that Cap just said 'language?'" Tony asked incredulously.

"Is now the time for that?" I asked laughing.

"I know," Steve groaned. "Just slipped out,"

I laughed to myself as someone came up beside me and nearly punched my head, I quickly dodged and turned around. He raised his arm again and I threw a knife that was in my belt at his throat. I watched as Clint aim one of his explosive arrows to a small bunker and released the arrow, but no explosion came. Instead blue and silver flash appeared, and the arrow fell to the ground. We both hid behind our trees, and I turned to Clint with a puzzled expression.

"What the..." Clint started, but I put finger to my lips my eyes wide.

"Don't finish that sentence," I warned. "Steve doesn't like bad language," I chuckled lightly

Clint rolled his eyes before grabbing another arrow and notched into the bow, aiming again for the bunker and took a deep breathe before quickly pushed off the tree to fire the arrow.

Before Clint fully release the arrow I felt a rush of force hitting me. Hard. Clint and I were both knocked flat onto our backs. I sprang up into a sitting position almost immediately after the moment my body hit the snowy ground, my breath sharply knocked out of me, and small specks of snow falling in my black hair. I blinked to find a man about my age pacing around us with a stupid, handsome smirk on his face. His eyes were an icy blue which I quickly got mesmerized in as we both studied each other.

"You didn't see that coming?" the man asked sarcastically, in a handsome Sokovian accent and sauntered away with the speed of lightning.

My mouth dropped open in half horror and half awe. The man had good wit, I'd give him that. Also nice hair, and muscles, a face sculpted by the gods themselves, and I had always found accents attracting, but that wasn't the point. In only a few mere seconds and five words, he had managed to piss me off and pique my curiosity. I opened my mouth to retort, but by that time the man had already disappeared again, no doubt speeding off to ambush someone else.

"We have a male enhanced, he's Speedy Gonzales reincarnated," I reported.

I grabbed my staff and used it to pull me up from the ground, a small smirk rested on my lips

Clint stood up aiming an arrow at his back before sighing and putting it down. We gave a quick glance at each other and Clint saw the look in my eyes.

"Amara, don't!" Clint warned, pointing his finger at me.

"Sorry, Clint," I responded, I closed my eyes focused on my newfound emotion of curiosity on the male enhanced, before I felt myself teleport and I reappeared in front of him.

Without hesitation I swung my staff and it connected with his face causing him to tumble backwards and nurse his jaw.

"I may not have seen you coming, so I thought why not return the favor," I stated smirking. "Why don't we call it even? I might even let you go without kicking your ass for hurting me and my friend," I suggested, twirling staff and holding it behind my back.

His reaction surprised me, instead of being angry he just chuckled and turned faced me revealing his beautiful blue eyes. The two of us stood in silence studying each other again until a voice through my comm link.

"Clint's hit pretty bad guys. We're gonna need to evac," Natasha stated.

"I can get Barton to the jet," Thor suggested, just as the man began to slowly circle me.

"Good. Amara, you go with them," Steve added in.

"I'm kind of busy at the moment," I explained vaguely, copying his movements.

"What! Amara do not engage with the male enhanced!" Steve ordered sternly.

"Too late," I responded simply, before turning off my comm and hearing everyone voice their disapproval.

"What's a beautiful woman like you doing on a battlefield?" he asked, still circling me.

"Thanks for the compliment and your attempt of buttering me up, but that won't stop me from hurting you. Underestimating me is a bad idea," I narrowed my eyes, and he instantly doubled over in pain. I backed down after a few seconds. "I trust I've made my point,"

"Yes, yes you have," he said, wincing. He got back up again. "You are like me, yes?" he asked curiously, cocking his head. "Enhanced?" he added.

"Yes and no. I'm a mutant, I was born with my powers," I explained, beginning to circle him. "Though, I doubt you would know what mutants are since you're HYDRA's lapdog," I added snidely, and the man just scoffed. "HYDRA kidnapped me when I was five and proceeded to make my life a living hell for nine years through experimentation!" I snapped.

"It seems it helped you in the long run," he commented simply, looking at my figure up and down.

The comment caused me to growl and I swiftly swung my staff at him, but of course he dodged it and zoomed away.

"I think I know who you are now," An accented voice stated. I whirled around to see the man leaning lazily against a tree not too far away. "You are Serenity, are you not?" He asked curiously.

"Do not call me that!" I growled, stalking towards him and surprisingly he didn't run off.

"That is right, you don't go by that name anymore," he began smugly. "I remember hearing all about you, he always spoke so highly of you even when you were selfish enough to runaway, after being bestowed another gift," he commented.

"Who? Strucker?" I asked, the end of my staff now pressed upon his chest.

"Heiner," He uttered casually.

I dug the staff into his chest deeper, "Where is he?" I hissed.

"Gone, after he finished giving me my gifts, he left. He's a very elusive man," the Sokovian answered. "As am I," he added, before running off.

"You don't know HYDRA like I do! They're not helping you out of the kindness of their heart, it's only for their own benefit!" I shouted after him angrily, knowing he was probably so far away by then he didn't even hear me.

I turned my comms on again just in time to hear a voice scream my name.

"Amara, do you copy?!" Natasha's voice rang through my ears.

"Yeah, I copy," I answered sighing.

"We need you back at the jet now!" Natasha exclaimed.

"On it," I responded.

I wasted no time in making my way back to the jet, teleporting would've been much quicker, but after meeting the rather attractive male enhanced I could use the air to clear my mind. I proceeded to run through the snow, dodging bullets that cut across my path. The cold air bit at my exposed skin. I didn't encounter many more HYDRA soldiers which I took as a sign that the team was handling things well.

I was near the jet when I felt a familiar rushing feeling pass me by. I stopped immediately. Around me all I saw were tall trees and the ground blanketed white with a few blood stains here and there.

"Come out, come out, wherever you are," I taunted in a sing-song voice, gripping my staff tighter.

That was when I saw a blur pass through the corner of my vision. This time I was prepared.

The silver streak came at me from my left side. I imagined uprooting one of the trees and through my powers, was able to cause the illusion of a large tree being hurled straight towards the streak. I could almost feel the air that rushed with it and the deafening sound it would make when it hit the ground. Apparently Speedy Gonzales did too.

I watched in complete amusement as the silver blur dissipated and the Sokovian man with annoying wit and good hair took it's place. I watched him try and scramble backwards and hold his arms up in a feeble attempt of saving himself from the "tree". I laughed maliciously to myself, loving every second of it. I mimicked him and sauntered over to him with an satisfied smirk plastered on my face.

The man took his hands down when he never felt the impact of the tree; He looked dazed and confused. I couldn't stifle my giggles and he looked up at me when he heard me. His forehead creased and a half smirk, half scowl appeared on his lips.

"What happened to the tree?" He questioned, suspicion laced his voice.

I didn't want to give him the satisfaction of knowing, so instead, I raised a mocking eyebrow at him and said, "You didn't see that coming?"

I saw the annoyance flash across his face. In the speed of light, he was standing in front of me, peering at me curiously. He was considerably taller than me, but I didn't back down and returned his stare.

Then I remembered I needed to get back to Clint and it was like a switch had been flicked in my head. Slowly, I backed away from the man. He didn't make any moves to follow me. I wondered why that was, he didn't have any problem doing it earlier. However, I decided that wasn't my concern; was I really going to complain if he wasn't attacking me?

I turned to run to the jet again, but paused for a moment to look back at the speedy Sokovian. "Catch ya later, Speedy," I grinned, backing away.

"I never caught your name!" he called after me, a smirk appearing on his face.

"That's because I never threw it," I answered cheekily, shrugging. "I typically don't give my name out to random HYDRA agents. Even if they do flirt with me,"

"Lucky for you, I give my name out to beautiful, random women," He retorted, and I scoffed rolling my eyes. "I'm Pietro Maximoff. Now will you tell me your name?" Pietro asked, but I didn't answer him and ran off.

I found myself wondering why I held a conversation with him instead of simply go in for the kill when it was clear he was a very possible threat to me and the rest of the team. Will I see him again? Oh, that was a stupid question, he works with the enemy of course I'll see him again. The question is when will I see him again.

I didn't dwell on it though. I didn't like to dwell on things.

~~~x~~~

After Tony came back from the tunnels he handed Thor the scepter to analyze it. Thor checked every area of the Scepter just in case Loki had placed some type of hex around it that might hurt anyone. Natasha was over with Bruce speaking about the lullaby, but Bruce seemed a bit sadden by the danger he caused still. Clint was badly injured, he groaned lowly holding his side. I stood next to his cot, looking down at him with my arms crossed.

"You okay?" I asked concerned.

"I've been better," Clint uttered. "Would've been nice, if someone heeded my warning," Clint mentioned casually, a pained smirk appearing on his lips.

"Hardy har har," I said sarcastically. "Don't tell me you wouldn't have done the same thing," I stated, raising a challenging eyebrow.

Clint paused for a moment, "Hmm, touche," Clint admitted.

"See," I smirked, and looked up from Clint to see Steve had his eyes narrowed at me making me avert my gaze from him.

I tried shaking off the feeling that Steve was giving me, I knew that she should have listened to him, but I didn't.

"Thor, report on the Hulk?" Natasha asked Thor, as I looked up to see his reaction.

"The gates of Hell are filled with the screams of his victims," Thor boomed proudly, shaking his fist.

Hearing this I scoffed and laughed at Bruce's horrified expression on the damage he caused. Bruce groaned and dropped his head into his hands while Natasha turned back fully to Thor with her mouth gaping open and wide eyes. Thor very quickly fumbled over his words to correct himself.

"Uh, but, not the screams of the dead, of course. No no, uh...wounded screams, mainly whimpering, a great deal of complaining and tales of sprained deltoids and, and uh... and gout,"

I once again laughed as I walked over Thor and patted him on the shoulder, "Great job Thor, you made Bruce feel even worse than he already does," I drawled smirking.

"Hey Banner, Dr. Cho's on her way in from Seoul, is it okay if she sets up in your lab?" Tony asked Bruce, directing the conversation away from Thor's previous mistake.

Steve pulled me to the corner of the quinjet and gave me a stern look, "You disobeyed a direct order, Amara," Steve said in a stern voice, pointing his index finger at me.

I gently pushed his finger down, "First of all, pointing is rude," I started, and Steve rolled his eyes at me. "Secondly, I could handle him, Steve. Probably, better than anyone on the team," I stated, trying not to raise my voice.

"You could've been h-" Steve began.

"Hurt?" I interrupted, finishing his sentence. "That comes with the job," I said, before sighing. "Look, I'm sorry okay? But, I promise my disobedience was worth the intel I got. So, please let's not fight," I suggested softly. "Please,"

Steve searched my face, he gave a slight nod and sigh even though he was upset with my actions.

"Pull a stunt like that again Amara I swear to god-"

Tony cut in, "I will have you grounded!" Tony exclaimed dramatically.

I rolled my eyes and laughed, "As if, you can't ground me. I'm not a kid," I stated, and Tony raised his eyebrow as if to say 'Is that a challenge?' before turned his attention to Thor.

"Feels good, yeah? I mean, you've been after this thing since S.H.I.E.L.D. collapsed. Not that I've enjoyed our little raiding parties, but..." Tony trailed off.

"No, but this, this brings it to a close," Thor answered.

"As soon as we find out what else this has been used for. I don't mean just weapons. Since when is Strucker capable of human enhancement?" Steve asked curiously.

"From what Pietro-um I mean the male enhanced-" I began, watching the questioning looks of Thor, Steve, and Tony form.

"You know the male enhanced's name? Seems like you two were getting real personal when you turned off your comms," Tony insinuated, raising an eyebrow again.

"That is false!" I answered, a little too quickly while my voice went an octave higher than usual. "Anyways, before I was so rudely interrupted I was told that Heiner was also involved," I explained, running a hand through my hair. "Not surprising really," I added, shaking my head.

"And you don't remember even hearing of those enhanced?" Tony asked, his gaze on the scepter then on me.

I shook my head, my black hair bobbing along, "Up until recently, I hadn't even heard of Strucker," I replied, placing my hands on my hips.

"But Strucker knew about you," Steve hummed in thought.

"It's not surprising though, my files are probably everywhere in HYDRA," I answered, throwing my hands up.

"Banner and I'll give it the once before it goes back to Asgard," Tony said before he turned to Thor. "Is that cool with you? I mean, it's just a few days until the farewell party. You're staying, right?" Tony asked.

"Yes, yes, of course. Victory should be honored with revels," Thor agreed.

Tony leaned on the table, "Yeah, who doesn't love revels? Captain?" Tony inquired, and looked at Steve.

Steve was looking at the scepter, "Hopefully, this puts an end to the Chitauri and HYDRA, so. Yes, revels," Steve agreed as well, smiling.

We are finally done. We have the scepter. Everything has finally paid off.

AN: So, how did you like it?